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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Well it certainly isn't on the fielder, if he's doing what he's supposed to be doing, which is catch the baseball, regardless of where it's thrown. As long as he was making a legitimate attempt to catch the ball, it ain't nothin' but a train wreck. I said the runner had a better chance of avoiding the collision. I never said anything about any "burden" being on him to avoid anything.
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What is the point of noting the runner has a better chance of avoiding the collision, unless you are suggesting that he had some obligation to do so?
In the play as given, when the collision occurred, the fielder was NOT "doing what he's supposed to be doing, which is catch the baseball..." He had already had his kiss at that pig, and it didn't work out. You have made no effort to explain the conflict between your interpretation of this play and the statement from the OBR I have previously quoted - "
After a fielder has made an attempt to field a ball and missed, he can no longer be in the "act of fielding" the ball."
There is a key word in that statement, that also appears in the original description of the play - "after." My only point is there is rulebook support for a judgment of obstruction. You judge train wreck, fine. The original poster judged obstruction, and based on his description and the official rules and their interpretation, that's fine, too.